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| Birth | 1926 | |
| Death | 2006 (aged 80 years) |
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Dorothy Dodd (1926-2006) was an Australian popular song composer and lyricist of the mid-twentieth century. She was best known for the English lyrics to the widely recorded song "Granada". Her other compositions include "The History of Love" and "Velvet Waters".
Dodd studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and had her first song published, "Rainbow of Dreams", at age 20.
She was President of the Fellowship of Australian Composers.